"pass on" | Definition and Related Words

pass on

Verb

Place into the hands or custody of (synset 202235554)
"hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"

is a type of: transfer - cause to change ownership
subtypes:
- give - leave with; give temporarily
- slip, sneak - pass on stealthily
- deal - give (a specific card) to a player
- deliver, fork out, fork over, fork up, hand over, render, turn in - to surrender someone or something to another
- free, give up, release, relinquish, resign - part with a possession or right
- commit, confide, entrust, intrust, trust - confer a trust upon
- entrust, leave - put into the care or protection of someone
same as: give, hand, pass, reach, turn over
Transmit (knowledge or skills) (synset 202301114)
"give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students"

is a type of: tell - let something be known

subtypes: convey - (of information) make known; pass on

same as: give, impart, leave
verb group:
- bequeath, leave, will - leave or give by will after one's death
- give - convey or reveal information
Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense (synset 201996535)
"Time marches on"

is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
subtypes:
- forge - move ahead steadily
- penetrate - make one's way deeper into or through
- creep up, sneak up - advance stealthily or unnoticed
- encroach, impinge, infringe - advance beyond the usual limit
- plough on, press on, push on - continue moving forward
- string, string along - move or come along
- overhaul, overtake, pass - travel past
- close in, draw in - advance or converge on
- edge, inch - advance slowly, as if by inches
- rachet up, ratchet, ratchet down - move by degrees in one direction only
- elapse, glide by, go along, go by, lapse, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by - pass by
same as: advance, go on, march on, move on, progress
Give to or transfer possession of (synset 202235029)
"She passed the family jewels on to her daughter-in-law"

is a type of: bequeath, leave, will - leave or give by will after one's death
subtypes:
- propagate - transmit from one generation to the next
- hand down - passed on, as by inheritance
Refer to another person for decision or judgment (synset 202595169)
"She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"

is a type of: submit - refer for judgment or consideration

same as: relegate, submit
Cause to be distributed (synset 202047080)
"This letter is being circulated among the faculty"

is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
subtypes:
- send around - forward to others
- utter - put into circulation
- scatter, spread, spread out - strew or distribute over an area
same as: circulate, distribute, pass around
Transmit information (synset 200744289)
"Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"

is a type of: communicate, convey, transmit - transfer to another
subtypes:
- implant, plant - put firmly in the mind
- send a message - give or constitute a signal, not necessarily verbally
- relay - pass along
- get across, put over - communicate successfully
- ask for, bespeak, call for, quest, request - express the need or desire for
- telecommunicate - communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail
- acknowledge, receipt - report the receipt of
- carry - pass on a communication
- deliver, render, return - pass down
- message - send as a message
- message - send a message to
same as: communicate, pass, pass along, put across

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